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		<title>Two Charged in Shooting of Kentucky State Basketball Player</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men have been chargedin the January shooting of Kentucky State basketball player Patrick Dawson. Garry Cooper of Chicago and Jarrell Hightower are being held in the Franklin County Regional Jail implicated with the early morning shooting assault of Dawn as he left his girlfriend&#8217;s apartment. Police say the investigation is ongoing. The shooting prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO &#8211; UAPB&#8217;s Savalace Townsend Dunks on Grambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No words for UAPB&#8217;s Savalace Townsend and his dunk against Grambling. Just watch one of the best dunks you&#8217;ll ever see.]]></description>
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		<title>Grambling Names Percy &#8220;Chico&#8221; Caldwell Athletic Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Percy "Chico" Caldwell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grambling State University today named Dr. Percy &#8220;Chico&#8221; Caldwell its new athletic director. Dr. Caldwell comes to Grambling after stops in the same position at Fort Valley State, Miles and Winston-Salem State. Officials say Caldwell was selected from a national pool of 50 applicants.  “One of the difficult decisions was narrowing this extensive highly qualified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethune-Cookman Announces 2012 Football Schedule, Signees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bethune-Cookman&#8217;s signing day yielded 15 new Wildcats for the 2012 season, and for good measure, the Wildcats also released the opponents the new members would face this fall. Talented transfers and freshmen will get an early season test for the Wildcats, as the Wildcats open in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge, and with road games against South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Norfolk to Host MEAC Basketball Tournament Through 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginian-Pilot is today reporting that the City of Norfolk and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference have agreed to a three-year deal to host the conference men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball tournament. Norfolk has been a consistent player for the tournament since last hosting it in 1997, and says that the MEAC will bump tourism revenues and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk State Starts Slow, Drops First Conference Game of the Season to Coppin State</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk State men&#8217;s basketball team has never had a better season start in Division I play than their start to this season, but it was a slow start to last night&#8217;s home game against Coppin State that led to the Spartans&#8217; first conference loss of the year, 87-82. 12 turnovers and poor 3-point shooting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEAC Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hampton University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Howard University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MEAC yesterday announced the class of 2012 Hall of Fame inductees. The class will be formally inducted and honored at this year&#8217;s MEAC Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 9 in Winston-Salem, NC. The inductees include three male and two female former student athletes. &#8220;We are delighted to recognize another class of noteworthy inductees who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HBCUs and Baseball: An Interview with Major League Baseball Executive Vice President Jimmie Lee Solomon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alabama State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grambling State University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prairie View A&M University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball recently announced the lineup for its fifth annual Urban Invitational next month in Houston. The event, which will be hosted by the Houston Astros&#8217; Urban Youth Academy program, will be the first time that the game will be played outside of Compton, CA., and will feature five HBCU baseball teams - Alabama State, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Paterno and Eddie Robinson &#8211; Reflections on Character and Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imani Jackson is an award winning journalist and mass communication graduate of Grambling State University. Currently a freelance writer, she served as editor-in-chief of The Gramblinite newspaper for two and a half years. Follow her @faithspeaks on Twitter. Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer Sunday, leaving behind a well-documented legacy of legendary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO &#8211; Former Alcorn State Basketball Player Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against School, Professor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Alvin Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudy Chestang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Alcorn State basketball player Rudy Chestang has filed a lawsuit against against the university and psychology professor Dr. Alvin Simpson, for what he alleges was sexual harassment and propositioning in exchange for a better grade. It is the second time Chestang has filed suit against the university, with the first attempt dismissed in a [...]]]></description>
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